Despite a significant number of the 678 people that responded to the Department for Education’s (DfE) consultation on childminder agencies and local authority support expressing concern surrounding safeguarding arrangements for agencies and the quality assurance of childminders, the DfE has determined that no changes need to be made to the draft regulations.
As a result, the draft regulations, which are subject to parliamentary approval, are expected to be in place in time for next month’s deadline.
Within its response, the DfE states, ‘The Government has carefully considered the views expressed here and does not consider that they warrant changes to the requirements set out in the draft regulations.’
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